Trump's Timeline of Hate

Since the moment Donald Trump and Mike Pence walked into the White House, they have attacked the progress we have made toward full equality for the LGBTQ community and undermined the rights of countless Americans.

But over the course of his first year in office, you haven’t stayed silent. Whether he meant to or not, Donald Trump has awakened a sleeping giant. Never before have Americans been more eager to participate, to advocate and to fight back. And each and every day, HRC and our grassroots supporters are harnessing the full power of our democracy to protect our progress and resist.

Together, we will keep uniting against hate, fighting for our community and taking a stand against Trump and his administration.

January 20, 2017

Less than two hours after Trump and his virulently anti-LGBTQ activist Vice President Mike Pence were sworn into office, all mentions of LGBTQ issues were removed from the official White House webpage.

Trump signed an executive order directing the Department of Homeland Security to begin constructing a wall along the Mexico-U.S. border. He also ordered the immediate detention and deportation of undocumented immigrants -- sparking nationwide protests that his order would tear law-abiding immigrant families apart.

Attacks today by President Trump on immigrants and refugees are a direct assault on America’s most fundamental values.

– HRC President Chad Griffin

January 27, 2017

Trump signed a cruel executive order blocking Syrian refugees from entering the U.S., refusing entry to all refugees from resettlement for 120 days and prohibiting nationals of seven predominantly Muslim countries from entering the country for 90 days. The national outcry erupted immediately as protesters descended upon airports, courtrooms and government buildings from across the country.

January 30, 2017

Rumors leaked on an impending announcement of Trump’s plan to roll-back President Obama’s executive order extending protections for LGBTQ federal workers.

Vice President Pence cast the tie-breaking vote to confirm Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education, after all Democratic Senators and two Republican Senators voted against her confirmation. DeVos' family foundation funded major anti-LGBTQ orgnazations and campaigns. Her anti-equality record was denounced by major civil rights organizations, including HRC, which actively worked to stop her confirmation.

Sessions' very public record of hostility towards the LGBTQ community and federal legislation designed to protect vulnerable Americans makes it nearly impossible to believe that he will vigorously enforce this statute that he worked so hard to defeat.

– Judy Shepard, mother of Matthew Shepard who was murdered by a hate crime

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FACT: Senator Jeff Sessions has spent a lifetime in public service devoted to proudly denying equality & justice for #LGBTQ people.

Under the direction of Sessions and DeVos, the U.S. Departments of Justice and Education revoked the Obama Administration’s guidance detailing school protections for transgender students under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972.

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Now is the time for every single person to stand up for transgender kids under attack by the Trump Administration. #ProtectTransKids

Transgender students must know that they are not alone and we are with them in this fight. They matter and they are loved just the way they are.

March 02, 2017

The Senate confirmed equality opponent Ben Carson as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Carson has made clear he opposes equality for LGBTQ people. His harmful rhetoric has included equating marriage equality with bestiality, opposed laws that protect LGBTQ Americans from discrimination, suggested transgender people be required to use separate bathrooms, and joked that same-sex couples might have their wedding cakes poisoned by anti-equality bakers.

After multiple federal judges blocked his travel ban, Trump signed a new version, just as bad as the first. HRC condemned Trump’s second ban, which vilified the Muslim community and created a threat to countless refugees -- including thousands of LGBTQ refugees fleeing violence and persecution.

The intent of Trump's executive order targeting refugees and Muslims remains the same -- he has simply changed the wrapping paper.

– JoDee Winterhof, HRC Senior Vice President of Policy and Political Affairs

MUST WATCH: The heartbreaking story of an LGBTQ couple separated by Donald Trump's discriminatory travel ban.

March 08, 2017

Congress began drafting a bill to repeal the ACA. HRC sent a letter opposing the ACA to members of congress, raising concerns repealing the ACA would have a negative impact on communities facing discrimination and health care disparities, including LGBTQ people.

March 09, 2017

Hundreds of HRC activists met with members of Congress on Capitol Hill to encourage them to support issues from preserving the ACA, opposing Gorsuch’s Supreme Court nomination and passing the Equality Act -- crucial concerns to the LGBTQ community.

Trump’s HUD -- led by anti-LGBTQ proponent Secretary Ben Carson -- took two steps backwards on protecting LGBTQ people. First, they withdrew a requirement for emergency shelters receiving HUD funding to post information about LGBTQ people’s rights to access the shelter safely and in accordance with their gender identity. Then, they withdrew critical data collection and evaluation guidelines for a homelessness prevention initiative targeting LGBTQ youth.

March 15, 2017

In another victory for human rights groups and a blow to Trump, a U.S. district judge issued a nationwide emergency halt on the revised travel ban just one day before it was suppose to go into effect after several refugee and civil rights groups filed sued in court.

HRC and other organizations alarmed by his anti-equality record rallied on Capitol Hill, protesting his nomination. But Senate Republicans cynically changed the rules and bypassed the historic 60-vote threshold to confirm Gorsuch to the Supreme Court.

March 24, 2017

After failing to secure enough votes, House Speaker Paul Ryan indefinitely postponed the a vote to the repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) with legislation that would have eliminated health care coverage for 24 million Americans. Republicans’ failure to pass the American Health Care Act was a victory for millions of LGBTQ people who depend on the ACA to get their health care.

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Today is a victory for the #LGBTQ community & millions more who will continue to receive the necessary health care they need under the #ACA.

While the nation focused on “TrumpCare,” the White House quietly appointed right-wing extremist Roger Severino to serve as Director of the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the HHS. Severino served as Director of the DeVos Center for Religion and Civil Society for the Heritage Foundation where he wrote scathing opinions on transgender issues, abortion rights, and gay marriage.

In a major victory for human rights groups, a federal judge extended an order blocking Trump's Muslim Ban, citing evidence of a religious objective that would be in violation of the Constitution. HRC had strongly condemned Trump's second Muslim ban for needlessly and shamefully vilifying the Muslim community.

HRC joined with bipartisan lawmakers and an unprecedented number of businesses to announce the re-introduction of the Equality Act — federal legislation that would finally guarantee explicit, permanent protections for LGBTQ people under our nation's existing civil rights laws. The slate of 92 companies endorsing the Equality Act have combined operations in all 50 states, headquarters spanning 23 states, and collectively generate $2.6 trillion in revenue.

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92 major corporations have now joined @HRC’s Business Coalition for the Equality Act. #EqualityForward

Today, in a majority of U.S. states (31), LGBTQ people remain at risk of being fired, evicted or denied services because of who they are. It’s time for a comprehensive federal LGBTQ non-discrimination law.

In a victory for the LGBTQ community, Trump’s nominee for Army Secretary, Mark Green, announced he would remove himself from consideration, after weeks of pressure from HRC. Our members took over 25,000 actions to #StopMarkGreen and lead a robust campaign to expose his shameful history of attacking LGBTQ people.

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To @HRC's supporters who stood up & spoke out to #StopMarkGreen, thank you! Today's news is proof that your determination & advocacy matter!

There is no time for delay in appointing a special prosecutor. Our democracy depends on it. We've been down a similar path before. Congress must put patriotism before party and do what's right for the country.

– HRC President Chad Griffin

May 15, 2017

The Trump administration announced it would be re-implementing and expanding the “Global Gag Rule” (GGR), which stops any U.S. aid to foreign non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that provide abortion information, referrals or services. The expansion of GGR will now impact all U.S. international health funding, including for children’s health, HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis. HRC joined 137 other organizations in a coalition statement opposing the global gag rule.

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Expanding the ‘Global Gag Rule’ limits access to critical healthcare to millions of women & those living with #HIVhttps://t.co/JGCMGViZik

The Trump administration released its budget for Fiscal Year 2018 filled with draconian cuts to safety net programs that would be devastating to millions of Americans. On the chopping block are critical programs that focus on preventing, fighting, and finding cures for diseases, and on programs that provide health services to people living with HIV, low-income women, children, the disabled and elderly.

In a shocking exchange during a hearing before a House Appropriations Subcommittee, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos refused to stand up or provide any reassurances to LGBTQ students that they would be protected by the federal government from discrimination -- once again, reinforcing the notion that the Trump administration is no ally to the LGBTQ community or its youth.

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Congresswoman Katherine Clark to Betsy DeVos: “I am shocked that you cannot come up with one example of discrimination that you would stand up for students.”

I am shocked that you cannot come up with one example of discrimination that you would stand up for students.

– Congresswoman Katherine Clark to Betsy DeVos

While Trump remains silent on the brutal atrocities happening to gay and bisexual men in Chechnya, the House Foreign Affairs Committee passed House Resolution 351 condemning the violence and persecution of LGBTQ people in the Russian Republic.

June 01, 2017

Today marked the beginning of Pride Month, an annual celebration marking the progress of the LGBTQ movement. Former President Barack Obama embraced the tradition during his two terms in office, Trump remained silent on the issue -- despite proclaiming during the election that he would do everything to protect LGBTQ people.

June 15, 2017

The U.S. Department of Commerce reversed its decision to exclude sexual orientation and gender identity in its 2017 Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) statement after BuzzFeed first reported on the slap to LGBTQ federal employees, and HRC called on the Administration to restore the protections.

In an alarming oped in Newsweek titled “Trump Doesn’t Care About HIV. We’re Outta Here,” one of the six dedicated HIV experts who had served on the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA) write about leaving over the Trump Administration’s complacency in fighting the HIV epidemic.

Senate Republican leadership released their shameful, secretive proposal to rip health coverage from millions of Americans by repealing the ACA. HRC strongly condemned the legislation to undermine access to health care for as many as 23 million Americans. If passed, the bill would have a disproportionately negative impact on LGBTQ people.

Secretary of Defense James Mattis’ delayed by six months the implementation of the final piece of a policy that allowed qualified transgender people to serve in the armed forces. While transgender service members serve openly today thanks to a change implemented last year under the Obama administration, a final piece of the policy that would have allow qualified transgender people to enter the military has yet to go into effect.

Each day that passes without the policy in place restricts the armed forces’ ability to recruit the best and the brightest, regardless of gender identity.

– HRC National Press Secretary Stephen Peters

July 26, 2017

Trump made the dangerous and unpatriotic move to reinstate a ban on qualified transgender people serving in the military. His reprehensible action, announced in a series of tweets, could result in the discharge of more than 15,000 transgender Americans currently serving our country. The move, a blatant political maneuver to appeal to the most radical in Trump's base, will undermine military morale and readiness.

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Trump’s move to reinstate a ban on qualified trans people serving in the military is dangerous. #ProtectTransTroops

HRC, the National Center for Transgender Equality, and members of Congress from both sides of the aisle held a press conference in response to Trump’s dangerous move to reinstate a ban on qualified transgender people serving in the military.

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BREAKING: The Human Rights Campaign, the National Center for Transgender Equality, and members of Congress from both sides of the aisle are holding a press conference in response to Donald Trump’s dangerous move to reinstate a ban on qualified transgender people serving in the military. His reprehensible and unpatriotic action could result in the discharge of more than 15,000 transgender Americans currently serving our country at this critical time.

In one fell swoop, Trump’s DOJ has provided a roadmap for dismantling years of federal protections and declared that lesbian, gay, and bisexual people may no longer be protected by landmark civil rights laws such as the Fair Housing Act, Title IX, or Title VII.

– HRC Legal Director Sarah Warbelow

July 28, 2017

The Trump-Pence-McConnell bill to strip health care from millions fails to pass in the Senate. The plan to repeal the ACA would have caused insurance premiums to drastically rise and leave millions of Americans uninsured, with a particularly devastating impact on low-income senior citizens, women, children, LGBTQ people and people living with HIV. While a win for millions of Americans, our fight is far from over.

In a clear repudiation of Trump’s harmful and ill-conceived Twitter policy-making, 56 retired Generals and Admirals released a joint statement warning his transgender military ban would degrade military readiness.

In the immediate aftermath of the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, HRC joined civil rights groups condemning the violence and urged Congress to establish a committee to address hate crimes and white nationalism. Moreover, HRC President Chad Griffin joined major civil rights and faith leaders in a unified call for Trump to personally and directly disavow white supremacists and the act of domestic terrorism in Charlottesville. Days following the protests, Trump refused to condemn the heinous acts by white supremacists, blaming “both sides” for the violence.

Trump pardons racist, anti-immigrant, anti-LGBTQ disgraced former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio. During his tenure, he has attacked nearly every marginalized community, including using anti-LGBTQ schemes to humiliate inmates at his ‘Tent City’ prison. By pardoning Arpaio, Trump is again aligning himself with his nationalist, racist, anti-LGBTQ supporters.

HRC joined as plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit brought by Lambda Legal and OutServe-SLDN against the White House directive that interferes in Department of Defense personnel policy by pushing forward Trump’s and Pence’s transgender military ban. HRC called on Secretary of Defense James Mattis to protect transgender service members from the vicious political assault.

Our military is stronger when any qualified American willing to defend our country is able to serve, regardless of their gender identity.

– HRC National Press Secretary Sarah McBride

August 29, 2017

More than 140 U.S. House Democrats condemn Trump’s trans military ban. In a letter to Trump, they wrote: “Implicitly, your ban denies the value of transgender servicemembers, and it questions the professionalism of those who serve beside them. Our Armed Forces have grown more equal and more inclusive over time, often in the face of strident opposition.” Read the full letter here.

The Trump-Pence administration cruelly decided to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program that allowed hundreds of thousands of young people who were brought to the U.S. as minors to stay in the country, to continue their studies and to continue making positive contributions to our nation. It is estimated that approximately 75,000 of these “Dreamers” are LGBTQ. HRC has called on Congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform and has endorsed the 2017 DREAM Act.

Students, with bright futures ahead of them, ready to help make our country truly great, will be sent back to places they don’t remember, breaking families apart and setting our country back immeasurably.

Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Susan Collins (R-ME), John McCain (R-AZ), and Jack Reed (D-RI) announced the introduction of legislation to protect currently-serving transgender service members from being discharged.

Since Donald Trump announced his cruel and discriminatory ban on transgender service members, a bipartisan chorus of Americans and members of Congress have made loud and clear that our nation must protect transgender troops.

– HRC National Press Secretary Sarah McBride

September 12, 2017

HRC Foundation released a new report, Trump’s Administrative Abuse and the LGBTQ Community, highlighting the Trump-Pence administration's highly unusual and abusive efforts to quietly roll back critical protections, programs and services for the LGBTQ community by bypassing longstanding administrative policies and customs for instituting such changes.

This same day, the DOJ files a brief arguing that a Colorado baker has a constitutionally protected right to refuse service to same-sex couples.

September 23, 2017

Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos officially rescinded critical 2011 Title IX guidance related to schools' obligations to address sexual harassment, including sexual violence. For the LGBTQ community, which faces disproportionate levels of sexual assault and violence, this decision sends a strong signal that the Department of Education will not use its full power to protect them from harm.

At the direction of AG Sessions, DOJ issued a memo to government lawyers rescinding Obama administration guidance that discrimination protections under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1965 apply to transgender people. The Trump-Pence DOJ instructed U.S. attorneys to adopt this dangerous position in all pending and future matters.

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Trump/Pence administration unleashes another attack on trans people, this time refusing to fight for trans workers. https://t.co/B3nG1Tvsk8

Yet again, the Trump-Pence administration continues to unleash shameful attacks against the transgender community in an effort to promote their disgusting agenda of hate.

– HRC Legal Director Sarah Warbelow, HRC Legal Director

October 06, 2017

DOJ began the implementation of a sweeping “license to discriminate” that will put millions of LGBTQ Americans at risk of discrimination, as well as release a new regulation that could deny millions of Americans access to critical contraceptive care previously guaranteed under the ACA.

The U.S. House of Representatives introduced bipartisan legislation to protect currently-serving transgender service members from being discharged due to Trump’s transgender military ban. The legislation was introduced by Representatives Jackie Speier (D-CA), Charlie Dent (R-PA), Susan Davis (D-CA), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Adam Smith (D-WA), and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ).

Transgender troops serve this nation with distinction and honor, and President Trump’s unpatriotic attack on their service is unconscionable.

– HRC National Press Secretary Stephen Peters

October 16, 2017

In a stunning new piece by the The New Yorker, Trump “jokes” Pence wants to hang LGBTQ people. Mike Pence has spent his career attacking LGBTQ people in Congress, in the governor's mansion, and now in the White House. Donald Trump's remark lays open the depth of their hostility and animosity toward LGBTQ people, and just how deeply they believe we should be treated as second-class citizens in our own country.

It's disturbing and sickening that Donald Trump would 'joke' about Mike Pence wanting to 'hang them all' in reference to LGBTQ people. Hate violence is tragically still a fact of life for LGBTQ people across this country, even without Donald Trump and Mike Pence helping to fan the flames.

– HRC President Chad Griffin

Just hours after The New Yorker piece was released, Trump declined to disavow the anti-LGBTQ, anti-Muslim rhetoric of Alabama Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore. During a White House press conference, Trump dodged the question about Moore’s clear lack of fitness to serve, saying only, “I'll be meeting with him next week.”

A second federal judge blocks enforcement of the Trump-Pence administration’s ban on military service by transgender troops. The decision by U.S. District Judge Marvin J. Gabris in Maryland came just hours before oral arguments in a third case challenging the unconstitutional ban, and also explicitly affirms the right of transgender troops to access medically-necessary care.

The third case, filed by Lambda Legal and OutServe-SLDN, was brought in Seattle on behalf of two individuals who seek to join the military and one current service member who seeks appointment as an officer; as well as HRC; the American Military Partner Association (AMPA); and Gender Justice League, a gender and sexuality civil and human rights organization headquartered in Seattle.

Trump issued a proclamation for World AIDS Day, failing to mention high-risk communities, including the LGBTQ people and people of color. And, in keeping with the Trump-Pence Administration’s failure to lead on global health and human rights, Secretary Tillerson cancelled planned remarks about World AIDS Day amidst swirling rumors he is being ousted.

In the early morning hours, Senate Republicans passed the Trump-Pence “tax” scheme bill that includes provisions to undermine the ACA and threatens programs critical to LGBTQ people. The Senate version of the bill repeals the program’s individual mandate that could result in 13 million people leaving the insurance market, causing premiums to soar and leave millions more priced out of access to healthcare. Furthermore, the revenue losses triggered by the bill are likely to result in future spending cuts to critical health programs like Medicare, Medicaid, global HIV/AIDS programs, the Ryan White Care Act, and other essential domestic discretionary programs.

December 04, 2017

Trump unequivocally endorsed anti-LGBTQ sexual predator Roy Moore for the U.S. Senate. Trump also tweeted his opposition to Doug Jones, cementing his endorsement of Moore, the disgraced former Alabama judge and child molester. While Moore has spent his entire life acting as though he is above the law, Jones has spent his life upholding the law and the rights of all people. HRC has proudly endorsed Jones, the pro-equality leader Alabamians deserve.

December 05, 2017

White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders made the startling admission that Trump agreed with the position articulated before the Supreme Court by his solicitor general, Noel Francisco, that businesses should be allowed to hang signs that say they won’t serve LGBTQ customers. The shameful announcement came shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the Masterpiece Cakeshop case in which a baker turned away a same-sex couple. The case, which will be decided by next June, will either protect the fundamental equality of LGBTQ people — or it could set a dangerous precedent giving businesses a license to discriminate.

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Shocking: In 2017, @realdonaldtrump's solicitor general is arguing we return to an era when stores post signs indicating who they will and will not serve. Businesses can choose what they serve, not who they serve. We won't go back. pic.twitter.com/neqdYUFN3x

At its core, this case is a cynical effort to manipulate the First Amendment in order to provide a license to discriminate against LGBTQ people and our families.

– HRC President Chad Griffin

December 11, 2017

A federal court in Seattle ordered an immediate halt to the Trump administration’s discriminatory plan to ban transgender people from serving openly in the U.S. Armed Services. The ruling came in the lawsuit brought by Lambda Legal and OutServe-SLDN challenging the ban and prevents the ban from being implemented while the case proceeds.

HRC claimed victory as Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley announced that Jeff Mateer, a radical anti-LGBTQ judicial nominee, would not be confirmed for a seat on the federal bench. For months, HRC worked diligently to expose his shameful anti-LGBTQ rhetoric and the danger his nomination posed to our judicial system.

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BREAKING: Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley announced that Jeff Mateer, a radical anti-#LGBTQ judicial nominee, would not be confirmed for a seat on the federal bench. @HRC spent months campaigning to #StopJeffMateer. https://t.co/tAYLhiaB44

HRC and artist Robin Bell projected the Center for Disease Control’s (CDC) banned words onto the side of the Trump International Hotel in Washington, DC. The display came on the heels of a Washington Post’s report that the Trump-Pence administration banned the use of seven words -- "transgender," "fetus," "vulnerable," "entitlement," "diversity," "evidence-based" and "science-based” -- by the CDC.

.@HRC partnered with artist Robin Bell (@bellvisuals) to project every ‘banned word’ across the front of Trump’s DC Hotel. Our display concludes with a declaration from the #LGBTQ community: “we will not be erased.” pic.twitter.com/DZ4qhABQkz

This despicable move by the Trump-Pence administration is an effort to erase #LGBTQ people from both the @CDCgov vocabulary as well as the critical programs that serve the community. https://t.co/KR8gvLF928

.@HRC protests tonight in powerful display projected at Trump’s DC Hotel. The projection rotated words Trump-Pence administration reportedly banned at the CDC, including "transgender" & "diversity" - and ended with a declaration from the #LGBTQ community: “we will not be erased.” pic.twitter.com/Yq8aQQdaRX

Trump signed into law a $1.5 trillion tax-scam bill that was carefully crafted to undermine the ACA and other vital health care programs. Republican leadership rushed the partisan bill through both chambers of Congress in less than 24 hours and didn’t receive a single vote from Democratic lawmakers.

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Almost a year in office and all @realDonaldTrump has to show for it is a sloppy and reckless tax bill that threatens health care and programs millions rely on. Voters will remember in November.

The Trump-Pence administration launched the “Division of Conscience and Religious Freedom” at HHS, which could enable discrimination against LGBTQ people, women, and others. The creation of the unnecessary new division will likely promote a license to discriminate and divert needed enforcement resources and encourages discrimination against LGBTQ people.

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The Trump-Pence Administration’s new division at the Department of Health and Human Services could enable discrimination against #LGBTQ people, women, and others. https://t.co/etjMR3MOD9

The Senate confirmed Kansas Governor Sam Brownback for Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom. Vice President Mike Pence cast the tie-breaking vote after Brownback’s nomination failed to earn a majority of votes in the Senate. Brownback now joins the ranks of other anti-LGBTQ nominees put forward by the Trump-Pence Administration.

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Sam Brownback has attacked the #LGBTQ community and worked to undermine fairness and equality. His extremist, anti LGBTQ actions should disqualify him from representing the people of the United States. https://t.co/60LwaPNKPn

As the administration unleashes a torrent of attacks on the LGBTQ community here at home, it is also abandoning LGBTQ people around the world. We are in desperate need of leadership that will advance America’s commitment to LGBTQ human rights in the U.S. and abroad.

– HRC Global Director Ty Cobb

February 07, 2018

More than 700 parents of transgender children sent a letter to Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos condemning her failure to protect transgender students and calling on her to recognize the basic human and civil rights of transgender young people in our nation’s schools. The letter, signed by parents from 47 states and Washington, D.C., was organized by HRC and its Parents for Transgender Equality Council, a coalition of the nation’s leading parent-advocates working for equality and fairness for transgender people.

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On the one-year anniversary of @BetsyDeVosED becoming U.S. Education Secretary, 700+ parents of transgender children sent her a letter condemning her unconscionable failure to protect transgender students. https://t.co/mXTDsAGOnt

The Trump-Pence administration released a dangerous and irresponsible budget that showed a callous disregard for critical programs that would impact LGBTQ Americans. The proposal included the elimination or slashing of programs related to the Affordable Care Act, HIV/AIDS, and international humanitarian projects, which are a direct threat to the safety and well-being of LGBTQ people in the U.S. and around the world. HRC has called on Congress to reject these harmful proposals.

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The Trump-Pence budget released today shows a callous disregard for critical programs that impact #LGBTQ Americans, including the Affordable Care Act,
domestic and global #HIV & AIDS programs, and international humanitarian projects. https://t.co/kFWlhMdGOi

The Department of Education made the shocking announcement that they will refuse to respond to civil rights complaints filed by transgender students who are barred from using bathrooms that correspond with their gender identity.

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BREAKING: After months of dodging the issue, @BetsyDeVosED's Education Department officially announces it will not act to protect #transgender kids blocked from using bathrooms that match their gender identity.

Once again, Secretary DeVos proves she is not interested in protecting transgender students and instead is choosing to advance the dangerous Trump-Pence anti-LGBTQ agenda.

– HRC Legal Director Sarah Warbelow

March 01, 2018

HRC, Lambda Legal, OutServe-SLDN, the American Military Partner Association, and Gender Justice League unveiled a new television ad -- entitled “Patriots” -- featuring military, national security, and bipartisan officials voicing opposition to the Trump-Pence administration’s ban on transgender service members.

HRC continued calls for the Trump-Pence administration to withdraw its nomination of Gordon Giampietro, an anti-LGBTQ extremist recently nominated to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. HRC released a video highlighting abhorrent comments Giampietro made during radio interviews that previously went undisclosed to Wisconsin’s judicial nominating committee.

Secretary Carson released a new mission statement for HUD that removed several key phrases from the existing mission statement that prioritized fighting discrimination in housing and supporting access and inclusivity in all communities. The key phrases removed include, “strong, sustainable, inclusive communities and quality affordable homes for all” and “inclusive and sustainable communities free from discrimination.”

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The new mission statement removes several key phrases, including “strong, sustainable, inclusive communities and quality affordable homes for all” and “inclusive and sustainable communities free from discrimination."